Episode 3 – Growing Up

Grace SIDE

As morning approached, I quickly got up and went downstairs.

In the living room, my father was eating coffee and toast while reading today’s newspaper.

My father had long, flowing blue hair draped over his shoulders, and ivory horns like mine on his head.

His face itself was so pretty that one could mistake him for a woman at first glance. He was short, about 155cm tall. Plus, his body was so delicate that I sometimes wondered how such monstrous strength came from that body.

He was wearing his uniform, having finished all preparations to go to work at the Healing Center.

Seeing me approach, my father put down the newspaper and said with a worried smile.

“Are you feeling alright?”

“Yes… I’m fine.”

“Don’t be too discouraged. People make mistakes when they’re young, hahaha.”

My father, seeing my dejected appearance, smiled brightly, stroked my hair, and said with a wink.

“Still… don’t make Mom too worried, okay?”

At that moment, my mother came out of the kitchen carrying food in both hands.

My mother, who had seen me, sighed as if she had heard my father’s words.

“Ugh… really, when you say it like that, it makes it sound like I’m the only one making a fuss.”

My mother, after putting down the food, came to me and hugged me tightly.

“Grace… my daughter, I think I spoke too harshly yesterday… I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. It’s my fault. I’ll make sure not to do that again in the future.”

“That’s right. My beautiful, wonderful daughter, hehehe.”

As my mother gently stroked my hair, I thought of my mother from my previous life. My mother in my previous life also… used to gently stroke my hair when I was very young. That warm touch calmed my heart.

But… when did it start? Instead of a warm touch, my mother began to give me a cold touch, and instead of warm words, she began to utter cold words. My current mother just smiled warmly, stroked me warmly, and spoke warmly.

Feeling love like the smell of warm sunshine from that kindness, I rubbed my face against her chest, feeling enveloped in a cozy emotion.

After eating breakfast, I said to my father.

“Father, I… I want to become stronger.”

My father, who usually didn’t care about anything, looked at me with a slightly surprised expression when I said for the first time that I wanted to do something. And soon, he smiled kindly and said he understood.

My father trained me mercilessly, like hammering steel. From the morning when my father went to work until the evening, I gritted my teeth and carried out the training he had given me. And when my father returned, I ate dinner with a trembling body and began to learn about the magic he taught me.

In that way, the time of 7 days passed in an instant. Today, as I closed the door to go around the village and stepped out onto the main street past the small garden, I saw Ian, rubbing his feet on the ground and waiting for someone.

Ian, who found me, smiled cutely and came to hug me. Even though I could have avoided it, I didn’t, and I blushed, feeling like a pervert for getting excited while smelling the scent from his body.

‘Haa haa haa, hold on, hold on, Grace, you’re not a… shotacon.’

I barely stopped my hand from going to his butt, hugged his waist, and fondled his soft skin. Ian rubbed his face against me and said with a grin.

“Hehehe, were you bored for 7 days? Where should we go play?”

“Sorry, I have to get training today, so I don’t think I can play with you.”

“Training?”

His head tilting as if asking a question was so cute that I blushed and stroked his head. I said to Ian, who was smiling and enjoying my touch.

“Yeah, training, training to become stronger. I’m going to go out and travel.”

“Ah! You’re not thinking of going alone, are you?!”

“Hehe, why? Do you want to go with me too?”

“Of course! Grace can’t do without me! Hehehe.”

“Kikik, yeah, I guess I can’t do without you.”

“Um… if it’s okay, can I train with you too?”

“……. Why?”

When I asked with a gentle smile, Ian hesitated for a moment. Soon, the guy nodded and said to me.

“I want to be helpful to Grace too. I couldn’t do anything in the forest back then, hehe… I… I don’t want to be a hindrance to Grace, you know?”

Ian scratched his head and blushed shyly, saying thoughtful words with a smiling face, which made me so excited that I felt like I was getting a nosebleed.

I hugged Ian tightly, breathed roughly, and fondled his waist, saying.

“Hehehe… hehehe, don’t worry, Ian. Let’s go together. Father won’t refuse you, who wants to get training, hehehe.”

“Ah! I… It tickles, Grace!”

“Eung, sorry… just a little, haa haa, let me touch you just a little more…”

“Ugh… It’s a little weird, Grace! Stop touching me!”

Ian, who puffed out his cheeks and moved away from me, turned his head as if he was sulking. That appearance was also so cute that I tried my best to control my loosening face.

I smiled again, reached out my hand, and said.

“Shall we go?”

Ian, who blushed slightly at that hand, held it and said.

“Yeah…”

* * *

At my request, my father politely thanked Ian for being the benefactor who found me when I was stranded in the forest, and then smiled kindly at Ian’s determination, saying that he would help with the training.

After finishing physical training with Ian, it was already getting dark outside as dusk settled.

“My daughter? Go take a bath with your friend. Oh, and have dinner too. I’ve already told them at home. Hehe.”

My mother said, looking at the two of us covered in sweat and dust with a pleased expression.

“Um… I… Um… I… I can just go…”

“Hoh, hoh, hoh, don’t worry about it. Friends take baths together, too.”

Ian blushed, embarrassed by the fact that he was taking a bath with me, and mumbled something.

“No… It’s okay…”

“Come on! Come on! Let’s go in quickly, Ian!”

I also blushed slightly and dragged the hesitant guy into the bathroom.

As soon as I arrived at the bathroom, I took off my clothes and turned around, feeling my nipples, located on my chest that was superior to other women of my age, slightly erect with excitement.

The little guy was taking off his clothes with his ears turning red.

I hugged him from behind with a reddened face and said.

“Let’s go in and wash quickly. You must be tired too, right?”

I could see Ian stiffening as my soft chest and skin touched his body.

I chuckled at that sight and went into the bathroom.

Warm water was already steaming in the bathroom.

“I’ll wash you first.”

“No! It’s okay! I’ll wash myself!!”

Ian was standing there, covering his groin, with his face as red as if it would explode any minute.

I chuckled and said.

“This is a reward. A reward for saving me. If you hadn’t woken me up that day, I would have become a goblin’s meal. I have to repay this favor for the rest of my life. Don’t make me a guy who doesn’t know gratitude.”

Ian looked at my serious face and hesitated, then carefully sat on the chair I told him to sit on.

“Alright~ Be comfortable.”

I first wiped my body with hot water and then poured warm water directly on the guy’s head.

“Eupeupeup”

“Hehehehe”

I couldn’t help but laugh at his flustered appearance when warm water suddenly poured on his head.

His pouting lips at my appearance were also cute.

I took warm water in a basin again, sprinkled it on his body, and made foam on a towel.

And I began to seriously wipe Ian’s body.

As I slowly went down from his upper body to his lower body and gently wiped him, Ian blushed again and entrusted his body to my touch, and soon Ian’s dick was visible.

As befitting a dick that was not yet mature, the glans of his phimotic dick, which looked softer than my little finger, was slightly erect, which was cute.

I smiled slightly and slowly rubbed Ian’s dick with a towel and then started wiping his legs.

Looking at Ian’s face, he had a slightly disappointed expression, so I chuckled inwardly and wiped his entire body before pouring hot water again to wash away the foam.

And I sat on the chair, looked at Ian, and said.

“Hehehe, Ian, can I do it for you too?”

Ian started wiping my body with a towel with trembling hands.

As Ian’s touch explored my body here and there, I blushed with embarrassment even though I had asked first, and breathed slightly heavily.

Ian must have been thinking the same thing, as he wiped my body with slightly hot breaths, finished with hot water, and then quickly went into the bathtub, peeking at me with only his eyes showing with a reddened face.

That appearance was so cute that I smiled, and then I slipped in behind Ian and hugged him tightly. Ian, flustered, tried to get away from me, but his strength was higher than Ian’s, so it ended in failure.

“Our cute Ian, hehehe.”

Perhaps noticing my sinister tone, he glanced back at me and then submerged his body in the water again.

Only then was I satisfied and hugged Ian tightly again.

Ttok.. Ttok..

Amidst the sound of water droplets falling, I opened my mouth and said.

“Ian.”

“…..Why?”

“Do you like me?”

“……..”

At my question, he blushed and said nothing.

“Maybe someone you’ll like even more will come along later, right?”

“…… I don’t think that will happen.”

“Why?”

“…… After my parents passed away, you were the first to reach out to me, who was living day by day without any meaning. So I don’t want to give up no matter what. Even if you come to hate me, I… I want to live for you.”

“……..”

Ian’s unwavering will, who uttered embarrassing words without a care, was shining brightly in his eyes.

I was fascinated by the eyes that looked only at me, loved only me, and cared only for me, which I had never received in my entire previous life.

For a moment, I had the urge to dig out those eyes and keep them.

They were eyes that beautiful.

Eyes like jewels shining with conviction… I hugged the precious Ian tightly.

“Don’t worry, there’s no way I won’t love you. Rather… I’m worried that you won’t love me?”

I smiled kindly and made a decision.

The seat named partner will be occupied by Ian forever.

Even if the light disappears from those beautiful eyes, he will be mine forever.

Even if he wants to get away from me, I thought I would make it so he could never get away forever.

Forever

Even as the cold air announcing the arrival of winter came in from outside the mansion, the two were hugging each other, feeling warmth from each other.